Holly Rowe joined ESPN on a regular basis in August 1998 and had previously served as a sideline reporter for select ESPN telecasts in 1997 and for ABC Sports from 1995-96. Rowe primarily covers college football, men’s and women’s basketball and softball as a reporter, as well as the NBA and WNBA. She has also provided play-by-play commentary for women’s college basketball, softball, volleyball and gymnastics.

Rowe has also provided play-by-play for women’s college basketball and women’s college volleyball for ESPN since 1998 and Fox Sports from 1993-2003. Rowe was one of four play-by-play announcers on ESPN’s coverage of the 1998 Women’s World Cup and has hosted ESPN’s coverage of the Running of the Bulls. Rowe has worked as a sports reporter and anchor for numerous outlets in Salt Lake City. She graduated from the University of Utah with a broadcast journalism degree. While at Utah, Rowe was a sportswriter for the Daily Utah Chronicle and the Davis County Clipper and anchored the campus TV station news. Rowe has been an incredible inspirational figure as she has publicly battled cancer over the course of several years. She has continued to work through most of her treatment, filling numerous roles on ESPN.